'Look, I have it here.’ Rafa Benitez pulls out a light-brown, well-used leather folder brimming with pieces of A4 paper. It is about two inches thick and he gently fingers through the middle, flicking the corners until he finds the bit he is after.
Gently he teases out the handwritten note that, on the left, has a list of all those teams relegated from the Premier League in the last six seasons.
On the other side are the teams who were promoted in the following campaign. He puts the paper down on his desk. There is a tick next to Burnley, the only side to have done so automatically, and there are marks next to those who have gone through the play-offs.